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i @uitrit tstrs :gnent-@frn EDWARD WArrIs JR., or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. v Letters Pate-nt No. 73,680, dated January 21, 1868. i

IMPROVEMENT IN IAS'IENING METALLIC COLLARS T0 BOTTLES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY OONCERN:

Be it known' that I, EDWARD WA'r'rIS, Jr., of Philadelphia, in the -county of Philadelphiel and State of Pennsylvania., have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fastening Metallic Collars on Bottles; and I do hereby declare-that the following is a full, clear, und .exact description thereof; which will enable those skilled in the art to vxnnke and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.'

This invention relates to animprovement in the method of securing metallicveo'llars to the necks of glass bottles or desks, whereby the same are securely fastened Without cement, and are-rendered durable and firmly attached while the bottle lusts; und the invention consists .in forming the neck of the flask or bottle with one or more grooves around it on the outside, and in spinning, cofnpressing, or Yindenting the metallic collar into 'the groove, and also in forming angles or fiat spaces on the lip'or ange of the nce-k, and itting the collar thereto,

thus preventing the collar from turning on tlie neck, as will be hereinafter described.

Figure 1 represents a vertical section of tlie neck of n bottle 'withv the metallic collar attached 'according to my plan, the section being `through the line y y of'g. 3.

Figure 2 is o vertical section through a: z o'f figs. 1 undB.

Figure 3 is o. top view ofthe neck ofthe bottle, with the collar attached, showing the ilat spaces and angles.

Sirdila'letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

As these collars have' heretofore being attached to glss bottles, they are very liable to get looseand'come Vcn, as theyhave been fastened by cement, which is frequently dissolved or loosenedbyethe liquid contained in ythe bottle'. They are, moreover, liable to turn round in the act of screwing on the stopper, and thereby loosen the cement. In either case the bottle is rendered comparatively useless for the purpose intended.

For the purpose of overcoming this ditIicultyIform the neck with one or incre grooves, as seen et a' in the drnwng,'and with the lip or ange of the bottle with one or more'ilat sides, as seen in iig. 3 at c c, forming two or more angles,'to which the collar is tted, as seen in the drawing. This formation prevents thecollnifrom turning round. When the neck of the bottle is thusyfornicd with one or more grooves, the coller is slipped on it, and the bottle is rapidly revolved in x lathe, (it being held in u. chuck at one end and properly supported at the other end,) when, with a tool of suitable-shape, the metal of the collnr'is forced into the groove by a process called, by manufacturers of Britannia ware, spinning.. 1- The contact of the tool'undcr the speed given-heats the metal. which expands 'to the required shape.

I do not confine myself to the. particular method described, as regards the groove or grooves around the neck'of the bottle, as'it is evident that the' collar may, by the process described, be made to conform to'the shupe'of the neck ofthe ordinary bottle', the lip or (lange of which would hold the collar without :my separate groove.

AIav'ing thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent#- 1. Fastening thel collars to the necks of bottles by spinning or :expanding the metal beneath .the projecting lips or nnges of bottles when the necks are not groovedor by spinning the same into a groove or groovesfin' the neck, substantially ns described, v v

2. Preventing the metallic collars of bottles fromturning round by forming one or' moreilat sides on the lips or ilanges, and fitting the collnrsthereto. substantially as described.

EDWARD WATTIS, Jr.

Witnesses:

Enwn. Wnrrrs, Sr.,l OWEN S. SnELDnAKn 

